Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016.

A lot of my emails and instant messages focus on questions concerning a particular model. People want to know if I have upcoming material of a favorite girl or if I'm still even shooting her. Fielding so many questions on a great deal of models, I've decided to do an update column over the next few weeks talking about all the models on the site. Here are the first 10 models below:

A'KasjiaLast Update: Water Bottle Future Status: Possible It has been quite some time since A'Kasjia has been in front of my camera. It has actually been quite some time since I've actually seen her at all. At times I will run into her out and about and we make small talk. We've talked briefly during those times about her posing again and the last I heard, she was still up for it. Sadly, that was months ago and I do not have her current contact information. I am waiting to run into her again and see what I can do.

AbbyLast Update: Cupcakes w/ TiffFuture Status: Certain Abby has been quite the busy body as of late. She is focusing on some life things such as education and we just haven't been able to schedule time to shoot. I have no doubt in my mind that Abby will be making more appearances in the near future. I was just talking to her this past week about doing some shoots. When our schedules match up, those wrinkled soles will be back in front of my camera where they belong.

Amber has not posed for Soles of Silk since before it was even online. The sets you see in her gallery were all done prior to the site's opening and I posted them online over time after it was. I've seen Amber a few times and mentioned the idea of her posing again, but she didn't seem too interested. She used to really enjoy posing back on my old site, but I think she's focused on other things in life right now and I don't think you'll be seeing an Amber update again.

Andrea was one of the two most photographed models on my old site along with Abby. She was my next door neighbor for most of my life growing up. Well, in the time between the old site and Soles of Silk, she got married and began settling down. When I got her to pose for Soles of Silk I was really excited. Much to my dismay, however, Andrea informed me that due to personal reasons that she didn't think she could keep posing for the site. She REALLY wanted to keep posing and told me she'd try everything she could think of to be able to do so, but since she hasn't told me she can since her last update was posted, I don't believe she will be.

I met Ann through Wendy. To be honest, Ann didn't even inform her boyfriend on what she was doing, so it isn't like I can just call her up and ask her when she can pose again. I've told Wendy that I'd like to get in touch with her again about posing. Next time I get together with Wendy I am going to ask her for a contact method for Ann or for Wendy herself to be my middleman in getting her feet back here on the site.

Autumn hasn't been in front of the camera since Thanksgiving, but that is mostly due to me not shooting too much in these cold months. Autumn and I will be getting together in the near future. I told her I'd really like to get in some sets outside when it gets warmer out. I'm going to have to get her in with another model soon too as she hasn't yet posed with anyone else.

Other than having a set featuring Barbie still in waiting, I just talked to her this past week about getting together in March. We discussed a date and if it is still open, we should be getting together real soon. I'm really looking forward to our shoot because I've only had Barbie in front of my camera once so far and I loved every moment.

Oh Bethany... It has been a long time since this cutie pie has been in front of my camera. Sadly, she should have been posing for me over the summer and into the fall of 2008, but each and every time we made plans, it rained. All the sets we wanted to do were outdoors. I told her I owe her a foot massage for the long wait. Don't be surprised to be seeing her in the near future. We just have to get something planned and a date to do them.

If I didn't wait long ass spans of time between shoots with Carmen, it wouldn't feel right. It has happened pretty much every time we have gotten together to do photos. She poses and then something happens to where we can't do photos for months or even a year plus and then... we shoot again. Well, I'm currently on one of those breaks with Carmen and am hoping she finds herself open and around to where I can get those little feet back on the site again. I know she's always been a major hit here and I really, really want her to be more of a regular.

It was hard enough to get Cheri to pose in the first place and it was even harder to try to get her to do follow up shoots. Now, however, she's got other things going on in life and I don't even have a means to contact her now. Although I wouldn't mind getting her back on the site, I just don't think it will happen.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016.

About a month ago I posted a Soles of Silk 5 Year Trivia Contest for people to take part in with a prize of five (5) five month memberships awards. I had a pretty good turn out, although I thought there would be more entries - especially from members who had access to more of the answers than the non-members. Either way, I am happy to have gotten the participation that I did and I want to take a look at all the questions and post the correct answers for all to see. The correct answers appear in purple with a percentage of how many participants got the question correct:1-Point Questions (5 Total Possible Points)1. What is Barbie's shoe size?

4. Which model did a Halloween set wearing socks and pouring melted butter all over her feet and a bowl of popcorn (before peeling the socks off)?

Layla (87% got this correct)5. Which model has the most photos on the site?

Madison (93% got this correct)2-Point Questions (10 Total Possible Points)6. Name the four (4) models who have been featured as Wu Feature Models on Wu's Feetlinks (not counting Lexi or Lady Steph since they were not representing Soles of Silk in their sets).

Carmen, Kimmie, Kellie, and Madison (80% got this correct)

7. Which group of models has the biggest combined shoe size?

Group A – Danaya, Molly & Paige Noelle

Group B – Taylor, Delicious & Chloe

Group C – Jessie, Lizzie & Amber(93% got this correct)

8. Name the newest model to the site (not the newest update, but the newest to debut).

Keira (80% got this correct)

9. Which model has Abby NOT posed with?

Taylor

Cheri

Chrystine(93% got this correct)

Tiff

Kelsey

10. Cierra has stepped in which of the following three foods in her sets? (100% got this correct)

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Wu's Feet Links Feature Sets, Interviews, & Columns

Back in 2005, only a few short months after Soles of Silk debut, Carmen became the first model to represent the site as a Wu's Feet Links feature model. I was deeply honored that Wu would ask me to take part in this prestigious section on his site. What I didn't know, however, was that he'd ask me to do so over and over again - each time with different models from Soles of Silk. My models have always been flattered to be picked to do these sets and I've always made sure to do some of my best work with each and every one of them.

After Wu's passing in 2014, I made sure the feature section would be a top priority in rebooting his site - Olivia's "Back to Business" site saw the relaunch of that section. Below you will find each and every set ever to be featured on Wu's Feet Links from Soles of Silk. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed shooting them.

In addition to the feature sets, two more items I decided to reboot was the Interviews and Columns sections. With the success of blogs today, I decided it would be a wise move to take those sections and create blogs for each one. I moved over all the interviews and columns from the past and have since taken over conducting/writing both. Below you will also find any interviews and/or columns that predominately feature one of the Soles of Silk models. (Note: A couple of the interviews listed are with models who either run, or at one time, ran their own sites and/or clips stores. These models also posed for Soles of Silk, so I decided to feature them here as well.)